Jane Hardwicke Collings

Jane Hardwicke Collings

Category

Seasonal Living

Equinox Greetings, friend! This is a potent time to align with the Earth energy of now! In the Southern Hemisphere we are living the Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara, so… Call forth what you need in your life to bring balance! And in the Northern Hemisphere, we are living the Autumn/Fall Equinox, also know as Mabon, so……

Here’s a fun photo of me, in my pyjamas, as usual!, with my magnificent new headpiece 60th birthday gift from Kristan, made by Smith Witch ErikaEve, complete with our black cat Merlin! It’s a big one, turning 60, I was actually a little bit surprised by the effect. I feel an increased awareness of my mortality…

Today I did an interview on zoom, with Vajra Ma, a co-contributor in the book Foremothers of the Women’s Spirituality Movement, edited by Vicki Noble and Myriam Dexter. Vajra is talking to some of the women who shared their stories in the book, and others, about their work and particularly about how that started in the…

Midway through Spring! We find ourselves at the Equinox and the festival of Ostara. Spring Equinox: March 21 This is the time of equal day and equal night, the balance of light and dark, and so at this time we have the chance to invite balance into our lives. Add this to the energy of Spring, and…

Image used with permission and with thanks: ‘Grand-Mere-Chamane’ by Caroline Maniere (carolinemaniere.com) Taking Responsibility, Seeding the Future Be the Change Now New Moon: January 17, 2018 at 1.17pm (AEDT) On the New Moon January 17, 2018 at 1.17 pm AEDT, we journeyed to meet the Great Great Great Grandchildren – to receive from them information about…

Samhain or Hallowe’en is the third and final harvest festival of the year and falls on October 31st in the Northern Hemisphere. Samhain or Hallowe’en is actually the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. We move now deep into the yin part of the cycle and the pumpkin patch! And as Mother Earth…

Fall Equinox: September 23 Midway through Autumn! Mabon is the second of three harvest festivals. This is the time of equal day and equal night, the balance of light and dark, and so at this time we have the chance to invite balance into our lives as we move deeper into the descent to winter. Add…

About the season… Autumn. Lammas or Lugnasadh is the first of the three harvest festivals. At Lammas the fruits of the Summer are ready, and it’s a time to celebrate the bounty of life. When Lammas comes, around August 2, Summer is over and Autumn begins. The days still seem long, but they are getting…

About the season….. Spring. At Imbolc (which means Ewe’s Milk), or also known as Candlemas, it is the time of metaphoric rebirth. The traditional day is August 2nd. At Imbolc we see, feel and hear the beginning signs of Spring. Winter is over, Spring cometh. It may well still be very cold but the energy has…

The Season Summer is such a buzz, of activity, of energy, so many places to go, people to visit, things to do, to prepare for… such a reflection of the summer life seasons of mother and father, and the energy of full moon, and ovulation and midday – these all being the correspondences (matching energies) of…